Thursday, June 16, 2005
Dell Willing To License OSX
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers," Dell wrote in an email. It's the first time any PC industry executive has openly shown enthusiasm for selling machines with Apple's software. Though that's all Dell would say for the record, I suspect his interest is not unknown to Jobs. So, as I said in this column last week (and in an article in the new issue of FORTUNE), the ball is in Jobs' court."
I find it rather odd that Dell would be interested in OSX, considering Michael Dell's past comments about Apple and its products. Unfortunately this won't happen anytime soon, as Steve Jobs has made it clear that his company will not license OSX to other PC vendors.
I find it rather odd that Dell would be interested in OSX, considering Michael Dell's past comments about Apple and its products. Unfortunately this won't happen anytime soon, as Steve Jobs has made it clear that his company will not license OSX to other PC vendors.
